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Fishing (Rift Profession)  

Quick Facts Skill: Supplemental Levels 1 - 75 Novice 76 - 145 Skilled 146 - 220 Expert 221 - 300 Master Fishing Recipes Screenshots
Contents [hide] Trainers Quests Recipes How to Fish Rare Schools Fishing by Zone and Skill Fish Exchanges Achievements
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"The worst day fishing is better than the best day working."

Added in patch 1.8, Fishing is a new Crafting skill that anyone can get. It does not count towards your Tradeskill limit.

To begin Fishing, talk to your local trainer!

Trainers

It appears as though trainers are neutral and can be used by members of either faction.

Defiant

• Trena in Meridian on the back wall of Epoch Plaza near the drink vendors
• Palometa in Freemarch at Kelari Refuge on the shore to the west near the other crafting NPCs
• Astia in Stonefield at Granite Falls on the back deck of the Inn
• Gwen Stillwater in Scarlet Gorge at the river near Scarwood Lift Base
• Drathon in Scarwood Reach at Perspice on the back deck of the Inn

Guardian

• Murin Remor on Bahralt Street in Sanctum
• Molly Graysby at Argent Glade in Silverwood near the south log bridge
• Armand Corel at Gloamwood Pines in Gloamwood east of town on the edge of the lake
• Miz Stillwater at Stonecrest in Scarlet Gorge
• Lolus at Kain's Command in Scarwood Reach

Neutral

• Shanni at Lantern Hook basement in Droughtlands
• Brann at Acrid Basin (just south of Reclaimer's Hold) in Moonshade Highlands
• Eret Stonebrand at Chancel of Labors in Iron Pine Peak
• Koral Chase at Fortune's Shore in Shimmersand
• Michael Obbin at Zareph's Return in Stillmoor
• Androl at Ember Watch in Ember Isle

Quests

You do not have to do the quests to learn fishing. You can train your next skill level from your trainer the same way you would any other tradeskill. However, the starter quest will award a fishing pole and your first lure recipe.

From Murin Remor on Bahralt Street in Sanctum or Trena in Meridian

1. Fishing Lessons

From Molly Graysby in Silverwood at Argent Glade or Palometa in Freemarch at Kelari Refuge

1. Shallow Water Fishing
2. Deep Water Fishing
3. Fishing with Lures

From Gwen Stillwater in Scarlet Gorge at the river near Scarwood Lift Base or Miz Stillwater at Stonecrest in Scarlet Gorge

1. Near-Endless Fishing (28) - Fish 3 Toxophilic Stars from the toxic pools on Demon Steps

Recipes

First, a word about Lures - There are no upgrades to your lures. Each Lure you get does something different, so you never really outgrow them. Long after you have left the first zone, you will need to replenish your supply of Irresistable Water Snails. Therefore, use your first couple of Smooth Minnows to make Snail lures, use the next nine Minnows to get your Survival up to 10, and from then on use Minnows to make as many lures as you can. You will use them all.

The first lure recipe you will learn is Irresistable Water Snail, combining a Smooth Minnow and a Forest Pondleaper to make a lure that will improve your Fishing chances (improves where you land on the Fishing results table for the zone you are in, increasing your odds of a rare result).

To use a lure, right-click on the lure in your inventory, then left-click on your fishing pole (just like applying a rune). The fishing pole indicate the number of charges remaining.

• Irresistable Water Snail (1) - Improves your Catch. Adds a bonus to the roll so you catch less trash.
• Fish Lure (75) - Guarantees you catch only usable aquatic animals.
• Standard Fishing Pole (75)
• Metal Fishing Pole (150)
• Timed Magnetic Lure (150) - Increases your chance to catch Artifacts.
• Imbued Fishing Pole (225)
• Rare Fish Lure (225) - Increases your chance to catch Rare fish.
• Lucky Fishing Pole (300)
• Rare Artifact Attractor (300) - Greatly improves your chances of fishing up rare collectible artifacts. Found in chests from Ember Isle or Fish Exchange chests in Stillmoor and Ember Isle.

How to Fish

First, get a pole from your trainer. It's usable from inventory but much easier if you make a hotkey on your action bar. Find a body of water and you're ready to fish!

• To catch a fish, left click your pole and left click on the water to indicate where you would like to cast.
• When the fish tugs on the line (water will splash) and you get the message Reel it in!, press the hotkey one more time or right-click once on the fish to reel it in. If you wait too long or click more than once, the fish gets away.
• If the fish does not reel in, you have most likely hooked an uncommon item or rare fish. DON'T IMMEDIATELY HIT THE KEY AGAIN! Wait a few seconds for the fish to tug on the line again, and then left click on your hot key (or right click on the fish) to set the hook. Keep doing that until you catch it!
• The better the quality of the fish, the more tugs it will give on the line.
• You cannot fish while swimming, so to fish in deep water you need to be on shore or in the shallows. After clicking your fishing pole, mousing over the water will show a tooltip indicating whether that spot is shallow or deep water as well as the relative difficulty of fishing in that location.
• Some zones have special fishing locations where rarer fish can be caught more reliably. Look for sparkles above the water and then fish directly on that location.
• All fishing results for a certain water depth are available from all locations of that depth, but some spots will have a built-in bonus to the loot table so will tend to yield better results. There is no way to map these bonuses so you will just have to learn them the same way our grandfathers did... by fishing there and trying your luck.
• Occasionally you will catch a Shallow water fish in Deep water. This is not common but it does happen.
• All saltwater, deep or shallow, yields level 1 fish from the Silverwood or Freemarch tables. This includes any small islands but NOT Ember Isle.
• Some lava pools (such as Blood Iron Pools in Iron Pine Peak, The Last Valley in Stonefield, and Fell Fields, Atia, and Searing Brink in Ember Isle) are fishable. Also, the tar pools in Droughtlands at Harlan's Lament are fishable.
• Any water found in an instance will have the same minimum skill and fish as the parent zone the instance is in. For instance, The Well in The Fall of Lantern Hook has a minimum level of 150 and yields the same Deep water fish as The Well in the basement of Lantern Hook in Droughtlands.

Rare Schools

School of Common Fish in Ember Isle	Sunken Boat

Look for sparkling schools of fish and cast at the surface directly above the school. The mouseover tooltip will change to the name of the school when you have the right spot. This may yield special rare catches or an increased chance for a "normal" rare. Your skill must be at least 5 above the minimum level for the zone before you can use these special locations. After a certain number of casts the school stops giving skill-ups.

Schools will initially give you a skill-up with every catch, from 5 above the zone minimum to about 25 above (when it goes from Orange to Yellow)! Periodically a Common school may change into another type. This will generally last for no more than 60 seconds, after which it will return to a common school.

• School of Common Fish - Fish only, no trash. Orange from 5 to 30 above minimum skill to fish.
• School of Rare Fish - Improved chance to catch Uncommon or better fish. Orange from 15 to 30 above minimum skill to fish.
• School of Clever Fish - Improved chance to catch Uncommon or better fish. Orange from 25 to 45 above minimum skill to fish.
• Sunken Boat or Crashed Boat - Improved chance to catch artifacts (including Trophy fish)! +5 to +?

Fishing by Zone and Skill

Fishing in a specific zone requires a certain skill level, so don't expect to hop into a top-end zone immediately. See the table below for the types of fish and minimum skill levels required to fish in each zone.

Different types of fish are found in different types of water and zones! Some are found in shallow waters while others are in deep waters. Deep water is considered to be water that would cover your head, whereas shallow water would not completely cover you. Note to Dwarves: Deep water is based on human size, not dwarf size.. sorry!

Each zone has Trash, Common, Uncommon and Rare fish in Shallow and Deep water. Trash and Sunken Treasure can be found in both Shallow and Deep water. All casts have a (very small) chance to return a random artifact or other item. Treasure chests contain coin and a chance for a rare item.

Zone	Min Skill	Trash	Shallow Water[1]	Deep Water[2]	Sunken Treasure
Silverwood	1	Sticky Water Plant Shed Scales	Forest Pondleaper (S) Smooth Minnow (FS) Silverwood Angel (X)	Blue Widemouth (S) False Shark (S) Silverwood Devil (X)	Sunken Shipping Crate 35-50g
Freemarch	1	Sticky Water Plant Shed Scales	Forest Pondleaper (S) Smooth Minnow (FS) Normal-Eyed Guppy (X)	Blue Widemouth (S) False Shark (S) Deep March Eel (X)	Sunken Shipping Crate 35-50g
Gloamwood	40	Barnacles Sticky Water Plant Shed Scales	Lesser Crystalfish (FS) Echidna Fish (FS) Gloam Eel (X)	Creeper (S) Tawny Rockfish (S) Indigoby (X)	Unmarked Supply Box 50g-1p
Stonefield	40	Barnacles Sticky Water Plant Shed Scales	Lesser Crystalfish (FS) Echidna Fish (FS) Fantail (X)	Creeper (S) Tawny Rockfish (S) Cascadefish (X)	Unmarked Supply Box 50g-1p
Scarlet Gorge	90	Fish Slime Torn Tentacle Shed Fin	Freshwater Shrimp (S) Chamelionfish (S) Red Mangler (S) Steelscale Thrasher (F) Toxophilic Star[3]	Blenny (S) Flatfish (S) Green Widemouth (S) Electric Dragonfish (X)	Unclaimed Treasure Cache
Scarwood Reach	90	Fish Slime Torn Tentacle Shed Fin	Freshwater Shrimp (S) Chamelionfish (S) Grouper (S) Scarwood Crystalfish (X)	Blenny (S) Flatfish (S) Inland Octopus Ironshell Crab (F)	Unclaimed Treasure Cache
Lake of Solace[4]	120	Fish Slime Torn Tentacle Shed Fin	ALL	ALL
Moonshade Highlands	150	Fish Slime Torn Tentacle Shed Fin	Jasper Snapper (S) Moonhorse (F) Grassland Pondleaper (X)	Lobster (S) Verdant Angel (S) Highlands Eel Whalefish (X)	Sunken Treasure Chest
Droughtlands	150	Fish Slime Torn Tentacle Shed Fin	Jasper Snapper (S) Pale Flycatcher (S) Burrowing Crab (F) Desert Greenling (X)	Vermillion Stoneskin (S) Verdant Angel (S) Aestivating Nautilus (X) Droughtlands Puffer (X)	Sunken Treasure Chest >2p
Iron Pine Peak[5]	180	Fish Slime Torn Tentacle Shed Fin	Jasper Snapper (S) Striated Crab (S) Serene Flatfish Icebiter (X)	Lobster (S) Verdant Angel (S) Coldwater Seabug (X) Glacier Octopus (X)	Icewatch Supply Crate
Shimmersand	210	Algae Frond Dropped Tail Tiny Conch	Brown Perch (S) Coral Prawn (S) Brightwater Octopus (S) Powdernose Crab (X)	Sunny Puffer (S) Teal Grouper (S) Desert Seabug (S) Sand Nautilus (X)	Dragonslayer Supply Cache 3.5-5p
Stillmoor[6]	210	Algae Frond Dropped Tail Tiny Conch	Brown Perch (S) Firebelly Snapper Moorleaper (X)	Teal Grouper (S) Bull Chamelionfish Stillmoor Devil (X)	Mathosian Treasure Chest 3.5-5p
Ember Isle	240	Algae Frond Dropped Tail Tiny Conch	Brown Perch (S) Isle Crab (S) Ember Stoneskin Amphibious Jelly (X)	Glossy Mackerel (S) Teal Grouper (S) Deep Ray Ash Shark (X)	Glorious Treasure Cache 3.5-6p

1. ^ The letters following the fish names indicate what that fish can be used for; (F) for Fishing, (S) for Survival, and (X) for Fish Exchange.
2. ^ same as previous note.
3. ^ Only from the Toxic Pools at Demon Steps
4. ^ Lake of Solace yields fish from ALL zones from Freemarch/Silverwood up through Shimmersand! You can catch almost anything there. The only spots found that you can fish from are submerged rocks at (5786, 5896), (5683, 5902) and (5567, 5889), and a sandbar at (5622, 5886).
5. ^ The previously frozen stream near Whitefall Passage has thawed. You can also fish in the Blood Iron Pools.
6. ^ Ponds in Stillmoor: Shallow north of Burlingham, northwest of Crusader's Advance and west of Hillsborough, Deep is above the shallow pool west of Hillsborough.

Fish Exchanges

Each zone faction offers a Major Fishing Reward for 8 Uncommon fish from shallow water and a Tackle Box for 3 Rare fish from deep water within their zone.

Zone	Faction	NPC	Location	Uncommon (8)	Rare (3)
Silverwood	Quicksilver Scholars	Vadivy	Argent Glade	Silverwood Angel	Silverwood Devil
Freemarch	Freemarch Wardens	Xelos	Kelari Refuge	Normal-Eyed Guppy	Deep March Eel
Gloamwood	Gloamwood Waykeepers	Rositha	Gloamwood Pines	Gloam Eel	Indigoby
Stonefield	Granite Falls	Sualuune	Granite Falls	Fantail	Cascadefish
Scarlet Gorge	Quarry Rats	Jayne Wash	Stonecrest Scarwood Lift Base		Electric Dragonfish
Scarwood Reach	Iron Claw Trappers Red Scar Trackers	Sonsa Ariea	Kain's Command Perspice		Scarwood Crystalfish
Moonshade Highlands	The Runeguard	Toren	Acrid Basin		Grassland Pondleaper Whalefish
Droughtlands	Arcane Hand	Ashor	Fortune's Shore	Aestivating Nautilus	Desert Greenling Droughtlands Puffer
Iron Pine Peak	Icewatch	Tomin	The Chancel of Labors	Coldwater Seabug	Icebiter Glacier Octopus
Shimmersand	Dragonslayer Covenant	Raelin	Fortune's Shore		Sand Nautilus Powdernose Crab
Stillmoor	Order of Mathos	Keldan	Zareph's Return		Moorleaper Stillmoor Devil
Ember Isle	The Farclan	Eara	Fort Zarnost		Amphibious Jelly Ash Shark
Ember Isle	Kelari Expedition	Ramel	Talos Landing
Ember Isle	The Keepers	Naro	Ashen Fault

Achievements

Achievement Name	Description
Apprentice Fisherman	Catch 100 Fish.
Rare Catch	Catch a Rare Fish.
Rarer Catch	Catch 10 Rare Fish.
Sunken Treasure	Fish up Sunken Treasure.
Trophy Catch	Catch a Trophy Fish.*
A Collection of Trophies	Complete all Trophy Fish artifacts sets.
Fishing for Artifacts	Complete all Fishing artifact sets.
Freemarch Fisherman	Catch one of every fish in Freemarch.
Silverwood Fisherman	Catch one of every fish in Silverwood.
Gloamwood Fisherman	Catch one of every fish in Gloamwood.
Stonefield Fisherman	Catch one of every fish in Stonefield.
Scarlet Gorge Fisherman	Catch one of every fish in Scarlet Gorge.
Scarwood Reach Fisherman	Catch one of every fish in Scarwood Reach.
Droughtlands Fisherman	Catch one of every fish in Droughtlands.
Moonshade Highlands Fisherman	Catch one of every fish in Moonshade Highlands.
Iron Pine Peak Fisherman	Catch one of every fish in Iron Pine Peak.
Shimmersand Fisherman	Catch one of every fish in Shimmersand.
Stillmoor Fisherman	Catch one of every fish in Stillmoor.
Ember Isle Fisherman	Catch one of every fish in Ember Isle.
Supreme Angler	Become a fully skilled master in Fishing.
Ultimate Angler	Complete all Fishing achievements.

* Trophy Fish are artifacts that can be added to one or more collections.

ZAM would like to thank Hanlin of Seraphim for some of the information in this article.